Comments on: Headline 2010: e-Reader device failure http://booksahead.com/?p=924&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=headline-2010-e-reader-device-failure Books and reading are getting better Tue, 25 May 2010 21:49:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kaye Berryman http://booksahead.com/?p=924&cpage=1#comment-813 Kaye Berryman Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:40:02 +0000 http://booksahead.com/?p=924#comment-813 Let the ereaders come and go. I am a long-time ebook fan and will continue to use them. I still have one of the original ereaders (Rocket eBook) and still love it. But, there's that proprietary format problem which limits content availability. So, in order to broaden my content availability I added a Tablet PC. On the tablet pc (Windows XP) I can rotate the screen for a portrait (slate) view and can use multiple ereader formats (Adobe, Sony, B&N, PDF, Zinio) so that I am not locked into only one format for purchasing books. Unless they come up with a reader that has the flexibility of the PC I won't be getting one. Let the ereaders come and go. I am a long-time ebook fan and will continue to use them. I still have one of the original ereaders (Rocket eBook) and still love it. But, there’s that proprietary format problem which limits content availability. So, in order to broaden my content availability I added a Tablet PC. On the tablet pc (Windows XP) I can rotate the screen for a portrait (slate) view and can use multiple ereader formats (Adobe, Sony, B&N, PDF, Zinio) so that I am not locked into only one format for purchasing books. Unless they come up with a reader that has the flexibility of the PC I won’t be getting one.

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]]> By: illmunkeys http://booksahead.com/?p=924&cpage=1#comment-637 illmunkeys Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:07:43 +0000 http://booksahead.com/?p=924#comment-637 Its doubtful that a glut of e-device failures will destroy the growth of the e-book market, unless every device uses its own version of proprietary DRM/store. I don't think the e-book industry could recover from the DRM fiascoes that plagued early adopters of music online. Hopefully, one great thing will come of the increase in device competition: Amazon abandoning its proprietary DRM format. I have already written Amazon about my pre-order of a Nook and their decision has forever locked me out of purchasing another book from Amazon. Its doubtful that a glut of e-device failures will destroy the growth of the e-book market, unless every device uses its own version of proprietary DRM/store. I don’t think the e-book industry could recover from the DRM fiascoes that plagued early adopters of music online.

Hopefully, one great thing will come of the increase in device competition: Amazon abandoning its proprietary DRM format. I have already written Amazon about my pre-order of a Nook and their decision has forever locked me out of purchasing another book from Amazon.

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